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Summary
Drive Ghost (open-source publishing platform) from any AI agent: posts, pages, tags, members, newsletters. 12 tools, Admin API JWT auth.
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Example prompts for Ghost
Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.
Claude is AI and can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
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Ghost
Drive Ghost (open-source publishing platform) from any AI agent: posts, pages, tags, members, newsletters. 12 tools, Admin API JWT auth.
Setup
Setup:
- Sign in to Ghost Admin → Settings → Advanced → Integrations → Add custom integration.
- Copy the Admin API Key — format is
<id>:<secret>(e.g.5f3a...c4:b9d8...e2). - Set:
GHOST_ADMIN_API_URL= your Ghost site's admin API base, e.g.https://yoursite.com/ghost/api/adminGHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY= the fullid:secretkey from step 2
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Prerequisites: GHOST_ADMIN_API_URL, GHOST_ADMIN_JWT
Install the connector locally
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Open http://localhost:3000/connectors/store, pick Ghost and paste in the env vars listed under Prerequisites.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
ghost_list_posts | List posts |
ghost_get_post | Fetch a post by ID (or by slug with /slug/{slug}/) |
ghost_create_post | Create a post |
ghost_update_post | Update a post |
ghost_delete_post | Delete a post permanently |
ghost_list_pages | List static pages (separate from posts) |
ghost_list_tags | List tags with member/post counts |
ghost_list_members | List members (subscribers, both free and paid) |
ghost_create_member | Create a member (subscribe email) |
ghost_update_member | Update a member |
ghost_list_newsletters | List newsletters on the site (Ghost supports multiple newsletters per site since v5) |
ghost_site | Return site info (title, description, version, url) |
Next steps
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